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Why we need nuclear power : the environmental case / / Michael H. Fox
| Why we need nuclear power : the environmental case / / Michael H. Fox |
| Autore | Fox Michael H |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (322 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.792/4 |
| Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
| Soggetto topico |
Nuclear energy - Environmental aspects
Global warming - Prevention Nuclear industry - Safety measures Nuclear industry - Accidents Radioactive waste disposal |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-19-756289-2
0-19-934459-0 0-19-934458-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Why We Need Nuclear Power; Copyright; Dedications; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction; PART ONE Global Warming and Energy Production; 1 Global Climate Change: Real or Myth?; WHAT IS THE DEBATE ABOUT?; The IPCC and International Conventions; The Greenhouse Effect; Skeptical Politicians and Pundits; Skeptical Scientists; HISTORICAL TEMPERATURE AND GREENHOUSE GAS RECORD; The Last 10,000 Years of Climate: The Holocene; RECENT CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE AND CO[sub(2)]; MELTING GLACIERS AND RISING SEAS; MODELS; RESPONSE TO SINGER AND AVERY
PREDICTIONS OF FUTURE GLOBAL WARMING AND CONSEQUENCESSea Level and Acidifi cation; Global Weirding; 2 Where Our Energy Comes From; A BRIEF HISTORY OF ENERGY; Coal; Oil and Natural Gas; Uranium; HOW MUCH ENERGY DO WE USE AND WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?; World Energy Usage; WHAT CAN BE DONE TO REDUCE OUR CARBON-INTENSIVE ENERGY ECONOMY?; 3 The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Coal and Gas; COAL; Anatomy of a Coal-Fired Plant; Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Other Pollutants; Mining and Health Hazards; How Much Is There?; Carbon Capture and Storage; NATURAL GAS; How Much Is There?; Greenhouse Gas Emissions Fracking4 The Siren Song of Renewable Energy; SOLAR; Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Power; Concentrated Solar Power (CSP); Solar Heating; Limitations of Solar Power; WIND; Limitations of Wind Power; SUMMARY; 5 Back to the Future: Nuclear Power; ANATOMY OF A REACTOR; ADVANTAGES OF NUCLEAR POWER; Baseload Power; Greenhouse Gas Emission; Location and Footprint; Cost; Subsidies for Nuclear and Renewables; ADVANCED REACTOR TECHNOLOGY; CAN NUCLEAR REPLACE COAL?; ARGUMENTS AGAINST NUCLEAR POWER; PART TWO Radiation and Its Biological Effects; 6 The World of the Atom; WHAT IS RADIATION? BLACK BODY RADIATION: THE QUANTUMTHE NUCLEAR ATOM; THE QUANTUM ATOM; THE NUCLEUS; RADIOACTIVITY: DECAY PROCESSES; FISSION; SUMMARY; 7 How Dangerous Is Radiation?; INTERACTIONS OF RADIATION WITH MATTER; Electromagnetic Radiation (Photon) Interactions; Charged Particle Interactions; Neutron Interactions; WHAT IS A DOSE OF RADIATION?; EFFECTS OF RADIATION ON DNA AND CELLS; How Does Radiation Cause Cancer?; WHAT ARE THE RISKS?; Death from Radiation; Cancer from Radiation; Hereditary Effects of Radiation; HOW BAD IS PLUTONIUM?; SUMMARY; 8 What Comes Naturally and Not So Naturally NATURAL BACKGROUND RADIATIONCosmic Radiation; Primordial Terrestrial Radiation; MEDICAL EXPOSURE; HOW DANGEROUS IS BACKGROUND RADIATION?; PART THREE The Risks of Nuclear Power; 9 Nuclear Waste; WHAT IS NUCLEAR WASTE?; THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF WASTE STORAGE; YUCCA MOUNTAIN; WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT (WIPP); RECYCLING SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL; MAKING NEW FUEL FROM RECYCLED "WASTE"; SUMMARY; 10 About Those Accidents; THE SCARE, MARCH 16, 1979; THREE MILE ISLAND, MARCH 28, 1979; How the Accident Happened; Consequences of TMI; CHERNOBYL, APRIL 26, 1986; How the Accident Happened The Hazardous Radioisotopes |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464424103321 |
Fox Michael H
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| New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Why we need nuclear power : the environmental case / / Michael H. Fox
| Why we need nuclear power : the environmental case / / Michael H. Fox |
| Autore | Fox Michael H |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (322 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.792/4 |
| Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
| Soggetto topico |
Nuclear energy - Environmental aspects
Global warming - Prevention Nuclear industry - Safety measures Nuclear industry - Accidents Radioactive waste disposal |
| ISBN |
0-19-756289-2
0-19-934459-0 0-19-934458-2 |
| Classificazione | SCI024000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Why We Need Nuclear Power; Copyright; Dedications; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction; PART ONE Global Warming and Energy Production; 1 Global Climate Change: Real or Myth?; WHAT IS THE DEBATE ABOUT?; The IPCC and International Conventions; The Greenhouse Effect; Skeptical Politicians and Pundits; Skeptical Scientists; HISTORICAL TEMPERATURE AND GREENHOUSE GAS RECORD; The Last 10,000 Years of Climate: The Holocene; RECENT CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE AND CO[sub(2)]; MELTING GLACIERS AND RISING SEAS; MODELS; RESPONSE TO SINGER AND AVERY
PREDICTIONS OF FUTURE GLOBAL WARMING AND CONSEQUENCESSea Level and Acidifi cation; Global Weirding; 2 Where Our Energy Comes From; A BRIEF HISTORY OF ENERGY; Coal; Oil and Natural Gas; Uranium; HOW MUCH ENERGY DO WE USE AND WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?; World Energy Usage; WHAT CAN BE DONE TO REDUCE OUR CARBON-INTENSIVE ENERGY ECONOMY?; 3 The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Coal and Gas; COAL; Anatomy of a Coal-Fired Plant; Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Other Pollutants; Mining and Health Hazards; How Much Is There?; Carbon Capture and Storage; NATURAL GAS; How Much Is There?; Greenhouse Gas Emissions Fracking4 The Siren Song of Renewable Energy; SOLAR; Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Power; Concentrated Solar Power (CSP); Solar Heating; Limitations of Solar Power; WIND; Limitations of Wind Power; SUMMARY; 5 Back to the Future: Nuclear Power; ANATOMY OF A REACTOR; ADVANTAGES OF NUCLEAR POWER; Baseload Power; Greenhouse Gas Emission; Location and Footprint; Cost; Subsidies for Nuclear and Renewables; ADVANCED REACTOR TECHNOLOGY; CAN NUCLEAR REPLACE COAL?; ARGUMENTS AGAINST NUCLEAR POWER; PART TWO Radiation and Its Biological Effects; 6 The World of the Atom; WHAT IS RADIATION? BLACK BODY RADIATION: THE QUANTUMTHE NUCLEAR ATOM; THE QUANTUM ATOM; THE NUCLEUS; RADIOACTIVITY: DECAY PROCESSES; FISSION; SUMMARY; 7 How Dangerous Is Radiation?; INTERACTIONS OF RADIATION WITH MATTER; Electromagnetic Radiation (Photon) Interactions; Charged Particle Interactions; Neutron Interactions; WHAT IS A DOSE OF RADIATION?; EFFECTS OF RADIATION ON DNA AND CELLS; How Does Radiation Cause Cancer?; WHAT ARE THE RISKS?; Death from Radiation; Cancer from Radiation; Hereditary Effects of Radiation; HOW BAD IS PLUTONIUM?; SUMMARY; 8 What Comes Naturally and Not So Naturally NATURAL BACKGROUND RADIATIONCosmic Radiation; Primordial Terrestrial Radiation; MEDICAL EXPOSURE; HOW DANGEROUS IS BACKGROUND RADIATION?; PART THREE The Risks of Nuclear Power; 9 Nuclear Waste; WHAT IS NUCLEAR WASTE?; THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF WASTE STORAGE; YUCCA MOUNTAIN; WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT (WIPP); RECYCLING SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL; MAKING NEW FUEL FROM RECYCLED "WASTE"; SUMMARY; 10 About Those Accidents; THE SCARE, MARCH 16, 1979; THREE MILE ISLAND, MARCH 28, 1979; How the Accident Happened; Consequences of TMI; CHERNOBYL, APRIL 26, 1986; How the Accident Happened The Hazardous Radioisotopes |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789167403321 |
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Fox Michael H
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| New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Why we need nuclear power : the environmental case / / Michael H. Fox
| Why we need nuclear power : the environmental case / / Michael H. Fox |
| Autore | Fox Michael H |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (322 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.792/4 |
| Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
| Soggetto topico |
Nuclear energy - Environmental aspects
Global warming - Prevention Nuclear industry - Safety measures Nuclear industry - Accidents Radioactive waste disposal |
| ISBN |
0-19-756289-2
0-19-934459-0 0-19-934458-2 |
| Classificazione | SCI024000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Why We Need Nuclear Power; Copyright; Dedications; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction; PART ONE Global Warming and Energy Production; 1 Global Climate Change: Real or Myth?; WHAT IS THE DEBATE ABOUT?; The IPCC and International Conventions; The Greenhouse Effect; Skeptical Politicians and Pundits; Skeptical Scientists; HISTORICAL TEMPERATURE AND GREENHOUSE GAS RECORD; The Last 10,000 Years of Climate: The Holocene; RECENT CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE AND CO[sub(2)]; MELTING GLACIERS AND RISING SEAS; MODELS; RESPONSE TO SINGER AND AVERY
PREDICTIONS OF FUTURE GLOBAL WARMING AND CONSEQUENCESSea Level and Acidifi cation; Global Weirding; 2 Where Our Energy Comes From; A BRIEF HISTORY OF ENERGY; Coal; Oil and Natural Gas; Uranium; HOW MUCH ENERGY DO WE USE AND WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?; World Energy Usage; WHAT CAN BE DONE TO REDUCE OUR CARBON-INTENSIVE ENERGY ECONOMY?; 3 The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Coal and Gas; COAL; Anatomy of a Coal-Fired Plant; Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Other Pollutants; Mining and Health Hazards; How Much Is There?; Carbon Capture and Storage; NATURAL GAS; How Much Is There?; Greenhouse Gas Emissions Fracking4 The Siren Song of Renewable Energy; SOLAR; Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Power; Concentrated Solar Power (CSP); Solar Heating; Limitations of Solar Power; WIND; Limitations of Wind Power; SUMMARY; 5 Back to the Future: Nuclear Power; ANATOMY OF A REACTOR; ADVANTAGES OF NUCLEAR POWER; Baseload Power; Greenhouse Gas Emission; Location and Footprint; Cost; Subsidies for Nuclear and Renewables; ADVANCED REACTOR TECHNOLOGY; CAN NUCLEAR REPLACE COAL?; ARGUMENTS AGAINST NUCLEAR POWER; PART TWO Radiation and Its Biological Effects; 6 The World of the Atom; WHAT IS RADIATION? BLACK BODY RADIATION: THE QUANTUMTHE NUCLEAR ATOM; THE QUANTUM ATOM; THE NUCLEUS; RADIOACTIVITY: DECAY PROCESSES; FISSION; SUMMARY; 7 How Dangerous Is Radiation?; INTERACTIONS OF RADIATION WITH MATTER; Electromagnetic Radiation (Photon) Interactions; Charged Particle Interactions; Neutron Interactions; WHAT IS A DOSE OF RADIATION?; EFFECTS OF RADIATION ON DNA AND CELLS; How Does Radiation Cause Cancer?; WHAT ARE THE RISKS?; Death from Radiation; Cancer from Radiation; Hereditary Effects of Radiation; HOW BAD IS PLUTONIUM?; SUMMARY; 8 What Comes Naturally and Not So Naturally NATURAL BACKGROUND RADIATIONCosmic Radiation; Primordial Terrestrial Radiation; MEDICAL EXPOSURE; HOW DANGEROUS IS BACKGROUND RADIATION?; PART THREE The Risks of Nuclear Power; 9 Nuclear Waste; WHAT IS NUCLEAR WASTE?; THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF WASTE STORAGE; YUCCA MOUNTAIN; WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT (WIPP); RECYCLING SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL; MAKING NEW FUEL FROM RECYCLED "WASTE"; SUMMARY; 10 About Those Accidents; THE SCARE, MARCH 16, 1979; THREE MILE ISLAND, MARCH 28, 1979; How the Accident Happened; Consequences of TMI; CHERNOBYL, APRIL 26, 1986; How the Accident Happened The Hazardous Radioisotopes |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822996103321 |
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Fox Michael H
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| New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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